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Abstract
The Use of Digital Airborne Sensors in
Support of Disaster Response and Remote
Sensing Applications
Adrian Roos
Intergraph Systems
South Africa
The advent of large-format digital camera technology has drastically improved the
turn-around time for producing such imagery, increasing its usefulness in disaster
response scenarios. Not only can high-resolution imagery be made available quickly,
but multi-spectral data is also available from a single shot/scan.
Various types of airborne sensor information from hyper-spectral and high resolution
remote sensing data to Light Detection and Ranging and Oblique imagery is available
in support of disaster response. The use of these sensors is well documented in the
aftermath of weather-related disasters such as hurricane Katrina and the Tsunami.
This research maps how these imagery products have been used together and how
this may be applied to the types of disasters experienced in Africa. In particular we
look at the potential of digital airborne sensors and the usefulness this technology in
support of remote sensing applications for disaster risk reduction. To put the technology
in a commercial context we also look at cost/benefit and existing Public Private
Venture models as a basis to discuss the applicability of these technologies in the
African Context.
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